This book is aimed at people with limited or no programming experience and equips them with the skills required by a professional programmer. These skills are taught within the Delphi environment allowing the user the 'fun' of producing attractive Graphical User Interfaces, whilst learning the fundamentals of programming, which are transferable to other imperative and object based languages.
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Discover Delphi - Programming Principles Explained
Shirley Williams and Sue Walmsley
Suitable both for beginners and more experienced programmers, Discover Delphi provides a complete and user-friendly introduction to programming with this accessible, prize winning language. Supported by a wealth of screen shots, examples, quizzes and exercises, the book harnesses the unique nature of Delphi to enable the reader to acquire fundamental programming skills while learning to design and produce attractive Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs).
Guiding the reader through the chief features of Delphi¿s underlying language, Object Pascal, the authors introduce key programming concepts in tandem with essential Delphi components and their important methods, properties and events. Discover Delphi develops the skills needed not only to program within the Delphi environment but also to go on and learn other imperative and object-based languages.
Discover Delphi offers unequalled support to the Delphi learner, including:
· Objectives and summaries at the beginning and end of each chapter
· Over 140 screen shots
· An abundance of complete class-tested examples throughout the text
· End of chapter quizzes and answers
· Practical and relevant end of chapter exercises (solutions available online)
· Suitable for use with all versions of Delphi
· Glossary of key terms and language features
· Special appendix on Debugging Aids and Techniques
Based on successfully used course material, Discover Delphi is an ideal text for a first year programming course in Delphi. It is also suitable for other introductory programming courses across a range of student disciplines and perfect as an individual self-study guide and reference.
Shirley Williams is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Reading.
Sue Walmsley is a Senior Scientific Officer in Computer Science at the University of Reading.
They have both taught programming for over 10 years, using a variety of languages and environments.
About the Author
Shirley Williams is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Reading. She has taught programming for over 10 years, using a variety of languages and environments.
Sue Walmsley is a Senior Scientific Officer in Computer Science at the University of Reading. She has taught programming for over 10 years, using a variety of languages and environments.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Good foundation to Delphi 4 or 5,
By Eric Liew (Malaysia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Discover Delphi: Programming Principles Explained (International Computer Science Series) (Paperback)
I found this book to be very good in presenting Delphi in a understandable manner. Having a computer science background, I could grasp the concepts easily and never seem to get bored of the book. Even if you don't have a background in programming, I definitely recommend this book to start you off because its an easy read, and you will not have go through tons of concepts before reaching the code but instead, it'll present useful coded examples followed with important explainations on how/why its done. I got this book because I wanted to start off my Delphi adventure, and it delivered! Its also comforting to know that its not a thick book!! It gives you plenty of examples and teaches you what you REALLY need to know, using Object Pascal and the RAD components! Not only that, it gives you self-review and practice questions to work on after each chapter. So basically it cuts to the chase and tells you what you ought to learn rather than what you might find useful. As a conclusion, I recommend that you buy this book whatever your level of programming may be as it not only shows you how Delphi is used but also builds up your foundation on programming principles as shown in the book.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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EXCELLENT FOR FRESHMAN PROGRAMMERS,
By Blue Chip "MAC" (Tx United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Discover Delphi: Programming Principles Explained (International Computer Science Series) (Paperback)
I have two semesters of Turbo Pascal 7.0. In those two semesters I had limited exposure to Object Oriented Programming. This book is excellent if you have the basic programming skills (variables, constants, loops, program structure, etc.) and nothing else. I purchased Delphi 5 (Professional). This book and it's examples all work with this version. If you are a newbie (like me), inexperienced and unsure (like me), this is the book for you. It is definitely worth the money. The chapter quizzes and exercises require you to review and practice the things you learned throughout the chapter. It is not written in "technical terms". You will learn how to apply everything from an array to a record using delphi. If you have the desire to make professional looking windows applications with nothing but the basic programming skills, then buy this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent For Beginner,
This review is from: Discover Delphi: Programming Principles Explained (International Computer Science Series) (Paperback)
If you have never programmed in Turbo Pascal, than you should almost certainly get a copy of this book. It does indeed teach Delphi from grounds up and you will learn a great deal.If you are fully conversant with Pascal Syntax and structure, you might gain something reading through this book, but I do believe that you will gain more by reading through Tom Swan's book Delphi Bible followed by Charles Calvert Delphi Unleashed
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component palette, help compiler, memo component, main menu component, finalization part, oncl ick event, other key presses, oncreate event, counted loops, subrange type, canvas property, try clause, change calculator, begin end pair, private declarations, integrated debugger, const parameters, ordinal type, speed button, onclick event handler, edit box, prototype form, timer component, repeat construct, global heap Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Object Inspector, Object Pascal, Code Editor, Form Designer, Cancel Help Figure, Enabled True, Hello World, Change the Name, Cancel Figure, The Dialogs, Data Access, Dynamic Linked Libraries, Picture Editor, Break On Exception, False Left, The Create, Data Controls, True Cursor, Delphi Help Workshop, Starting Delphi, Use Step, String List Editor, Demol Click, Edit Component, Speed Bar Browse Sample Pages:
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component palette, help compiler, memo component, main menu component, finalization part, oncl ick event, other key presses, oncreate event, counted loops, subrange type, canvas property, try clause, change calculator, begin end pair, private declarations, integrated debugger, const parameters, ordinal type, speed button, onclick event handler, edit box, prototype form, timer component, repeat construct, global heap Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Object Inspector, Object Pascal, Code Editor, Form Designer, Cancel Help Figure, Enabled True, Hello World, Change the Name, Cancel Figure, The Dialogs, Data Access, Dynamic Linked Libraries, Picture Editor, Break On Exception, False Left, The Create, Data Controls, True Cursor, Delphi Help Workshop, Starting Delphi, Use Step, String List Editor, Demol Click, Edit Component, Speed Bar Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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